Dream Lady (1918)
Directed by Elsie Jane Wilson
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Using a small but substantial inheritance, heroine Rosamond Gilbert (Carmel Myers) sets up a fortune-telling business. No mere charlatan, Rosamond is a "true believer," and she hopes to use her crystal ball to make her customers' dreams come true. Her first client is a young woman who, unhappy in love, expresses the desire to become a man! Sidestepping the kinkier aspects of this request, Rosamond dresses the girl in male garb and arranges for her to go into business with her former boyfriend, confident that nature will take its course and the boy and girl will be reunited. This done, Rosamond brings together several more estranged couples and even manages to patch up her own love life. This delightfully daffy confection was designed primarily to capitalize on the charms of Carmel Myers, and in this respect it was a success.